The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-13

Interview With EmpOria's Citizens
REGARDING the Stock Yards.
What Our People Think Of the Prop
osition as offered.
1t Evidently Meets With an Almost
Unanimous Approval,
Many Berg Enthusiastically in Fs-
vor of the Matter,
While Its Opponents are Only Luke
Warm Against It.

TEE NEWS, being deSirouS Of laying
before it's readers whatever may be Of in.
tereSt to them, has during Friday inter-
viewed quite . number OF our citizens re-
9ArdinR the petition now being circulated
Tor signatures, the result Of which 10 Civ
en- below. From the general tenor OF the
interviews We would be led to infer that q
great majority will favor the proposition,
although many do 30 under the Leliei
that 1t will be only the entering wedge 70
a season Of great prosperity in the future.
Should this be 30, and, a. some Of them
state, We never get any benefit other.than
starting the ball Of prosperity rolling,
there is little doubt but the mossy 90 sx-
pended will be well placed and that EN-
pOrians could not do better than put their
shoulders to the wheel. and push the char
lot Of progress along.
MAYOR BREWER.
The people will make no mistake in
voting this proposition. Even in case
there are no other benefits derived from 1t
the taxes on the new line will more than
pay the bonds. Emporia must do some
thing, or 60 under. We cannot afford to
let this proposItlOn be voted down.
h. NATION.
l think the proposition Q fraud, and
voting the bonds can be of no benefit to
the city. Cattle men don't need any
stock yards here. No cattle man coming
through Il going to stop on here within .
hundred miles of Kansas City to feed. 1t
is downright nonsense.
@. v. EsKRIDGE.
The Republican publishes an editorial
headed I'VE Fall Into Line" and In the
body OF the article the governor says:
SIN supporting the proposition We admit
that it requires the exercise of GgoOd deal
of faith, but when we consider that our
salvation, spiritually, depends almost
wholly upon the exercise of this Chris
tian virtue, we feel that we must rely
upon 1t, sometime, in the effort to secure
our salvation in temporal affairs There
fore, hoping that We may receive the
promised benefits, we commend it IS a
starter for a still greater prosperity. Il
depends largely upon the railroad COM
panIOs mentioned a. to the advantages
we shall derive from such yards. If
strongly backed up by them We have the
faith to believe that the amount proposed
will prove good investment.
D. W. EASTMAN.
don't think I can afford to oppose Q
that has been so thoroughly
discussed SIS this one has, and that has
been recommended to Us by the Cattle
Mems association as we'll as the Board of
Trade. 1t Is worth $50 900 to US to get
such a start at stirring up a. this prom
isss to give us.
HOWARD DUNLAP.
shall support the proposition, yet /
think it Is very deficient in many Of Its
features as regards the city's interests.
The best feature of 1t 10 the prospective
of Santa Fs interests at this
city.
T. G. wIBLEY.
I am one Of the committee soliciting
signers to the petition calling for an cleo
ton, and can say that so far have not
met . single man to oppose the PROPOSE
ton.
W. LATHAM.
never knew OF stock yards being any
benefit to a town. They are generally
located away outside of the city and are
not . great deal of bensnt to the towns.
A. G. LAKIN.
M
1t should be supported unanimously by
our citizens.
JUDGE CHAs. FLETCHER.
Our reporter found the jolly Judge very
cheerful over the prospect q EmporiA GET
ting a dozen or more railroads. He said
that he should support the proposition.
Anything to boom the town. Why, l
will build q new cow house If the pros
perity of EmporiA demands It''
j. j. RDwARDa,
when asked by our reporter what he
thought Of the railroad proposition, re-
piled by quoting Hamlet's famous solil-
oeay ITO Be or Not to Be-"
COL. FLoRY.
don't think there 10 much In II. II
may be beneficial and it may not. think,
however, that 1t Is better TO risk little
and vote the bonds and taking the chances
Of getting something good.
L. sEvERY.
The Santa Fe company are bound to rur
the double track down through to TexAl
at some time inside OF three years, anC
voting these bonds will have the effect o.
getting them to build the line next spring
W. h. sISLER.
It IL 8 hne proposition. What we mos
need Is more railroads. They can build
line right through my house, just SO the!
| get here. think that the proposition t
get the Gulf line here is q hne one ant
will be Of inestimable benentto the town
]. BURNETT.
| l am In favor of the proposition an
hope that it will pass.
| DIR. PAGE.
think it is . good thing for the tow
II carried. shall support it.
JAMES L. DAUeHERTY.
think EmporiA will derive but yer
little benefit from the location Of stoc
yards here. Feed yards are located
NiOkerson and Dodge City, and they don
amount to . row Of Deans so far as bsne1
10 those places are concerned. Beside
our city Is too near Kansas City, being on
Q six hours run for cattle trains, and sioC
men will not unload for 30 short . run.
8. Y. BILL
1t Il the best chance Emporia viii ey
get. If she fails to grasp this she
ruined. 1t is worth $3.50. 1000 to the city
she never gets . cents worth In return.
Is worlL 1000 TO me personally. and ii
fails to carry, IL will knock ell the enth
= Ihiasm out of the people, and they v
Il aot enter into any other proposition Il
: may be made hereafter.
B. B. EVANS.
q I'm agoIn' to vote il! I'm agoin' to y
e every d. proposition that they bring !
d Anything o boom up the town.
A. 3. SMITH
IsEree perfectly with Ar R Nation